This easy guacamole recipe is simple to make in under 5 minutes! The ultimate party dip you can make from scratch with just four ingredients! Ripe Hass avocado, lime juice, garlic and salt are all the ingredients for a quick guacamole you’ll need.
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Why This Recipe Works
If you’re looking for a super simple and quick guacamole recipe that is kid-friendly, here is the homemade recipe you are looking for!
- Perfectly smooth and creamy, this is the ultimate guacamole recipe for your family. Made with no cilantro, tomatoes or onions, this recipe is super basic and kid-friendly.
- You can use it as a snack dip for veggies or tortilla chips or top your favorite Cinco de Mayo or Mexican cuisine like tacos, quesadillas or burrito bowls.
- This recipe fits many dietary concerns such as low carb, gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, keto, Whole30 and dairy free.
What Goes Into This Recipe
Here are the ingredients you need to make this recipe. Reference the recipe card at the bottom for exact measurements.
- Ripe Avocados: Hass avocados work very well for this recipe. You can find a ripe avocado by finding one with darker, purple skin and yield to gentle pressure. Avocados from Mexico has a great resource for how to pick a ripe avocado.
How to Make This Recipe
Here are the step by step directions for how to make this recipe.
- Remove the skin and pit from the avocados and place them into a bowl. Place avocado flesh into a bowl and use a fork to mash to your desired chunky or creamy texture.
- Add garlic, salt and lime juice. Taste and then adjust seasonings according to your liking.
FAQs
Although lime is more traditional, you can substitute lemon juice to prevent guacamole from turning brown and to give it an acidic balance in flavor.
Guacamole is best stored in a dish with a piece of plastic wrap or beeswax wrap pressed into the dip. 
Make sure you use lime juice (or lemon juice in a pinch). You will also want to eat it the day you make it (if possible).
You can make it up to 1-2 days in advance, however the longer you wait between making it and serving it will increase the chance of it turning brown. You can also freeze guacamole and use it later.
Expert Tips
- Although this recipe is made without cilantro and without tomatoes, you can feel free to jazz it up according to your liking. Consider adding jalapeños to make it more spicy or yellow or white onions if you like them. Some of the best recipes include fun add-ins like red onion, salsa, Rotel, quinoa, roasted corn or with yogurt.
- For kid-friendly modifications you can lessen the garlic or completely leave it out. You can also increase or decrease the amount of lime juice you use to make it a plain, non-spicy version for kids.
- Making guacamole and out of lime juice? You can use lemon juice in a pinch.
- Make this recipe with one avocado by dividing the ingredients by 4.
- The best way to make this basic guacamole suit your taste is to season and taste. Feel free to add more salt or lime juice as your taste prefers.
- If your avocados are ripe enough you should be able to peel them and remove the pit with your hands. If you need to cut the avocado to remove the pit, Real Simple has a great resource on how to cut an avocado.
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The BEST 4 Ingredient Guacamole with No Cilantro
Ingredients
- 4 Hass avocados ripe
- 1 lime juiced
- 3 cloves garlic grated or minced
- 1 tsp flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Remove the skin and pit from the avocados and place them into a bowl. Place avocado flesh into a bowl and use a fork to mash to your desired chunky or creamy texture.
- Add garlic, salt and lime juice. Taste and then adjust seasonings according to your liking.
Notes
- Although this recipe is made without cilantro and without tomatoes, you can feel free to jazz it up according to your liking. Consider adding jalapeños to make it more spicy or yellow or white onions if you like them. Some of the best recipes include fun add-ins like salsa, Rotel, quinoa, roasted corn or with yogurt.
- For kid-friendly modifications you can lessen the garlic or completely leave it out. You can also increase or decrease the amount of lime juice you use to make it a plain, non-spicy version for kids.
- Out of lime juice? You can use lemon juice in a pinch.
- Make this recipe with one avocado by dividing the ingredients by 4.
- The best way to make this basic guacamole suit your taste is to season and taste. Feel free to add more salt or lime juice as your taste prefers.
- If your avocados are ripe enough you should be able to peel them and remove the pit with your hands. If you need to cut the avocado to remove the pit, Real Simple has a great resource on how to cut an avocado.
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